Most Americans Have Never Had an HIV Test, New Data Show
June 27, 2019 – Urgent need to expand HIV testing to end the US HIV Epidemic.
CDC recommends that everyone aged 13-64 get tested for HIV at least once, but new data released on National HIV Testing Day show testing rates are far too low. HIV testing is one of the four key strategies in the proposed HHS-wide initiative, “Ending the HIV Epidemic – A Plan for Americaexternal icon.”
Resources:
- Press Release: Most Americans Have Never Had an HIV Test, New Data Show
- Comunicado de Prensa: La Mayoría de los Estadounidenses Nunca se han Hecho una Prueba del VIH, Según Muestra Nueva Información
- Data Summary: HIV Testing in Areas of the U.S. Hardest Hit by HIVpdf icon
- MMWR: HIV Testing in 50 Local Jurisdictions Accounting for the Majority of New HIV Diagnoses and Seven States with Disproportionate Occurrence of HIV in Rural Areas, 2016–2017
Page last reviewed: June 27, 2019
Content source: National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention